title: Search for the exit: Voyager 1 at heliosphere's border with the galaxy.
abstract: We report measurements of energetic (>40 kiloelectron volts) charged particles on Voyager 1 from the interface region between the heliosheath, dominated by heated solar plasma, and the local interstellar medium, which is expected to contain cold nonsolar plasma and the galactic magnetic field. Particles of solar origin at Voyager 1, located at 18.5 billion kilometers (123 astronomical units) from the Sun, decreased by a factor of >10(3) on 25 August 2012, while those of galactic origin (cosmic rays) increased by 9.3% at the same time. Intensity changes appeared first for particles moving in the azimuthal direction and were followed by those moving in the radial and antiradial directions with respect to the solar radius vector. This unexpected heliospheric "depletion region" may form part of the interface between solar plasma and the galaxy.
authors.affiliation: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, USA. tom.krimigis@jhuapl.edu
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Krimigis
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Roelof
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gloeckler
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Lanzerotti